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The long-awaited second volume of the first-ever English-language study of the Red Army Faction (RAF)West Germany's most notorious urban guerillascovers the period immediately following the organization's near total decimation in 1977. During this period, the RAF was in a state of regrouping and attempting to renew its ties to the radical left in response to the emergence of a new radical youth movement in the Federal Republic, the Autonomen. This reorganization was evidenced by the shifting of focus from freeing prisoners to fighting NATO. By examining communiqués and texts from 1978 up until the 1982 May Paper, the broader movement is examined and the possibilities and perils of an armed underground organization are contrasted to the more fluid and flexible practice of the revolutionary cells at that time. The history of the 2nd of June Movement (2JM), an eclectic guerilla group with its roots in West Berlin, is also evaluated, especially in light of the split that led to some 2JM members officially disbanding the organization and rallying to the RAF. Finally, the RAF's relationship to the East German Stasi is examined, as is the abortive attempt by West Germany's liberal intelligentsia to defuse the armed struggle during Gerhard Baum's tenure as Minister of the Interior. Dancing with Imperialism will be required reading for students of the first world guerilla, those with interest in the history of European protest movements, and all who wish to understand the challenges of revolutionary struggle

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Front Cover; Praise for Volume 2: Dancing With Imperialism; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Translations and Sources; Preface; Acronym Key; German Terms; On the Necessity of Armed Struggle: Reflections on the RAF and the Question of Moving Forward by Ward Churchill; 1 -- Previously on Red Army Faction; what is a rear base area?; the raf and the gdr: benign neglect no more; 2 -- Twilight of the Seventies Guerilla; anti-imperialism defined; 3 -- The Antinuclear Movement: Old Meets New; 4 -- Kick at the Darkness; the verfassungsschutz; christian klar regarding zurich

Sixth Hunger Strike (March 14, 1978)Seventh Hunger Strike (April 20, 1979); Attack on Alexander Haig (June 25, 1979); Statement Calling Off the Seventh Hunger Strike (June 26, 1979); 5 -- Shake the Dust From Your Feet; Statement Dissolving the 2nd of June Movement (June 2, 1980); Regarding the Alleged Dissolution of the 2nd of June Movement (June 1980); The Deaths of Wolfgang Beer and Juliane Plambeck (July 26, 1980); 6 -- The '81 Offensive; sigurd debus, 1942-1981; rz vs. raf?; the nato coup in turkey; unsafe waters; Eighth Hunger Strike Statement (February 6, 1981)

Statement Calling Off the Eighth Hunger Strike (April 16, 1981)Attack Against USAFE Ramstein (August 31, 1981); Attack Against General Frederick Kroesen (September 15, 1981); Letter Addressing Police Fabrications (November 7, 1981); out and in: viett, beer, and eckes; 7 -- Planting Seeds in May; what kind of peace?; verena becker and the verfassungsschutz; The Guerilla, the Resistance, and the Anti-Imperialist Front (May 1982); 8 -- Using Honey to Catch Flies; wheels within wheels; hans-joachim klein: a german guerilla; on the question of collective responsibility; 9 -- Knockout Punch?

A process comes to fruition10 -- Tubthumping; A Statement Regarding '77 (Christian Klar, December 4, 1984); Strategic Thoughts (Brigitte Mohnhaupt, December 4, 1984); Appendices; Appendix I: Conclusions of the Third Russell Tribunal; Appendix II: Boock's Lies; Appendix III: For Us It Was a Question of Learning Explosives and Shooting Techniques; Dramatis Personae; Armed Struggle in West Germany: A Chronology; Bibliography; Index

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